GIGABYTE announces X870E AERO X3D WOOD premium motherboard for Ryzen AM5 series

GIGABYTE has introduced the X870E AERO X3D WOOD, an AMD Socket AM5 motherboard that combines its new X3D platform with a wood accented design aimed at living room and desk builds that do not look like typical gaming rigs. The board targets Ryzen 9000, 8000 and 7000 series processors and is part of the wider X870E

“Tank” updated with AMD Strix Halo, no dGPU

ACEMAGIC is preparing a new top-end model for its cube-style Tank mini PCs. The Tank M1A Pro Plus swaps the Intel CPU and laptop GPU combo used in the current TANK 03 for AMD’s Strix Halo platform. The system is built around the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU with 16 Zen 5 cores and an integrated Radeon 8060S GPU with 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units. ACEMAGIC

ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi7 W brings WiFi 7 and AI features to AM5 mini-ITX builds

ASUS has introduced the ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi7 W, a mini-ITX motherboard based on the AMD B850 chipset and AM5 socket. It supports Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 desktop processors and even ‘future processors’ through the 64MB BIOS. The board has two DDR

ZOTAC uses PCB scratches and “limited tools” excuse to refuse RTX 5070 Ti repair

A Reddit user has shared a case of a denied warranty for a 3 month old ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. The user claims their card was rejected for “PCB damages” despite being sent in for a fan-related issue, not a board failure. User had already received RMA approval and paid around $40 to ship the card across the United States.

According to the post, the card

MaxSun launches X870M for next-gen Ryzen CPUs

MaxSun has introduced the MS-iCraft X870M, an M-ATX motherboard based on AMD’s new X870 chipset. The spec sheet lists support for Ryzen 7000, 8000 and 9000 series processors and then adds an explicit note for “ future next generation processors ”. That line suggests MaxSun expects one more wave of AM5 desktop CPUs beyond the current Ryzen 900

APEX temporarily ‘unlaunched’

OneXPlayer has halted new APEX orders while it reconciles inventory and negotiates updated pricing with its memory and SSD suppliers. In a message to backers, the company says current stock is fully allocated to domestic and international pre-sale customers and that sales will resume only after a full component review and price confirmation are complete.

This pause follows a November 27 update in which OneXPlayer said all APEX configurations would go up by 200 USD due to rising DRAM and SSD prices, with a 96

Gorgon Point leaks on Geekbench, confirms iGPU speed upgrade

Ryzen AI 450 and HX 470.

With just weeks separating us from the official announcement of AMD’s new series, we are expecting an influx of new leaks from board partners such as Lenovo. This company has just leaked two of the AMD Ryzen 400 series SKUs while testing them on Geekbench.

According to both entries, Ryzen AI 7 450 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 are coming, confirming previous leaks. The

ASUS software has issues with NVIDIA’s new drivers

Multiple ROG users report that 591.44 breaks several ASUS utilities at once. GPU Tweak III often refuses to start at all, even in admin mode and even after a clean reinstall of both the driver and the tool. I did test this and that’s indeed true. Armoury Crate loses detection of the GPU, motherboard and RAM, so fan curves, clock profiles and monitoring cannot be adjusted. Users with ROG Astral RTX 5090

AMD Medusa Point has 45W and 28W TDP SKUs

Medusa is now listed in shipping manifests, preparing for next year’s launch.

AMD’s next-generation “Medusa Point” APU family is starting to take shape through a series of leaks and shipping manifests.The latest NBD shipping manifest points to two TDP classes for Medusa Point, while earlier details outlined a hybrid core design and trimmed-down integrated graphics. If accurate, Medusa Point will come to market as Zen 6-based Ryzen 5